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Organic Borates

SHOWA DENKO 's organic borates have a structure and characteristics as described below:


Structure & Physical characteristics
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Grade P3B BP3B
Z-
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Melting point (c) 140-144 187-194
Solubility (g/L)
¥Methanol
¥Acetone
¥DMSO
16.2
1,040
> 50
0.9
296
256
Toxicological information LD50
Ames test
>2,000 mg/kg
Negative
>2,000 mg/kg
Negative

Grade N3B MN3B
Z-
CAS No. -- --
Melting point (c) 140-141 174-179Ž
Solubility (g/L)
¥Methanol
¥Acetone
¥DMSO
0.7
> 100
> 50
@
> 100
> 50
Toxicological information LD50
Ames test
>2,000 mg/kg
Negative
>2,000 mg/kg
Negative


Applications
When used in combination with specific sensitizing dyes, our organic borates can cause polymerization and decoloration, as follows:
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(1) Polymerization
RE + M(Monomer) ¨

RME

RM + M ¨ RMnE

(2) Decoloration
RE + DyeE ¨

Dye-R
decolored

 



The following are typical examples of applications
¡Polymerization
N3B, one of the organic borates in the table on Page 1, is mixed with a sensitizing dye having its absorption band in the visible region. The composition is added to multifunctional monomers and acrylic resin to form a film of about 10 ƒÊm. The film shows high sensitivity to g-, h-, and i-rays. The sensitivity is especially high with regard to g- and h-rays.

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¡Decoloration
A composition is made by mixing BP3B, another organic borate, with a dye that absorbs near infrared rays of up to 822 nm in wavelength (IRT). When the composition is irradiated with near infrared rays, IRT's coloring system disappears.

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